Overview

Until recently, osteological studies into ancient diet and health have primarily focused upon human remains. As a result, these areas of research are still in their infancy in the field of zooarchaeology. Animals have paid a heavy price for many major human advances, such as those in agriculture and transport. This use (and often abuse) of animals has left many tell-tale signs in their teeth and bones. Along with the many advantages in animal exploitation have also come major problems for humans. Thus, infectious diseases passed from animals to humans (zoonoses) must have long played a significant evolutionary role in the development of society. The zooarchaeological record could provide an extremely important temporal framework for exploring and understanding past and current issues of human health and animal welfare. This volume provides one of the first contributions to the field, and may stimulate many more.

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Author:   J. Davies ,  M Fabis ,  I Mainland ,  M. Richards
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.757kg
ISBN:  

9781842171172

ISBN 10:   1842171178
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   25 February 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Animal diet and health - current perspectives and future directions (Richard Thomas and Ingrid Mainland); Animal palaeopathology in prehistoric and historic Ireland: A review of the evidence (Eileen M Murphy); Looking for human therapeutic intervention in the healing of fractures of domestic animals (Mircea Udrescu and Wim Van Neer); Rib and vertebral fractures in medieval dogs from Haithabu, Starigard and Schleswig (Wolf-Rudiger Teegen); Palaeopathology and neolithic cattle traction: Methodological issues and archaeological perspectives (Niels Norkjaer Johannsen); Palaeopathological evidence for draught cattle on a Roman site in the Netherlands (Maaike Groot); Pathological alteration of cattle skeletons - evidence for the draught exploitation of animals? (Marian Fabis); Can palaeopathology be used as evidence for draught animals? (Ylva Telldahl); Horse burials from Middle Lithuania: A palaeopathological investigation (Linas Daugnora and Richard Thomas); Abnormal sheep metatarsals: A problem in aetiology and historical geography (Don Brothwell, Keith Dobney and Deborah Jaques); Oral pathology, nutritional deficiencies and mineral depletion in domesticates - a literature review (Jessica J Davies); Linear enamel hypoplasia in medieval pigs from Germany (Wolf-Rudiger Teegen); Identifying livestock diet from charred plant remains: A case study of a neolithic settlement in southern Turkmenistan (Michael Charles and Amy Bogaard); The diet and management of domestic sheep and goats at neolithic Makriyalos (Ingrid Mainland and Paul Halstead); Long distance movement of sheep and goats of Bakhtiari nomads tracked with intra-tooth variations of stable isotopes (13 C and 18 O (Marjan Mashkour, Herve Bocherens and Issam Moussa); Tuberculosis as a zoonotic disease in antiquity (Simon A Mays).

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